Bahram Valadbaigi
Bahram Valadbaigi, a prominent Kurdish journalist and director of Kurdistan Cultural Institute in IRAN[1] [2]. Valadbaigi was the editor in chief of the first bilingual Persian and Kurdish newspaper in Iran called Ashti [3]. He has been a proficient in Kurdistan affairs for years now and has conducted his major cultural and political activities in Tehran and Sanandaj. He founded a number of bilingual journals in Persian and Kurdish for the first time in Iran. None of them are currently in publication.
Activities in Press:[edit]
1- Editor in chief of Abidar, a weekly journal, 1996-2000
2- Managing director and editor in chief of Kurdistan magazine, a seasonal journal, 2000
3- Editor in chief of Ashti newspaper, 2003-2005
4- Editor in chief of Gofteman-e-new magazine, 2006
5- Managing director of Kermashan magazine, a seasonal journal, 2005
6- Member of Association of Iranian Journalist since 2002
7- Member of Kurdistan Journalists Syndicate since 1999
8- Member of International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) since 2003
9- Drafting tens of editorials in Persian and Kurdish languages in Iranian and Kurdish newspapers and compiling a number of books.[4]
Formal Cultural Duties:[edit]
1- Director of Halabja Foundation in Sanandaj, 1994-1998
2- Secretary of "Honoring of Kurdish Sagacious Figures Congress", Sanandaj 1996
3- Director of Kurdish Language Teaching at Islamic Azad University of Sanandaj 1998-1999
4- Director of 37 cultural delegations from Iran's Kurdistan to Iraq's and Turkey's Kurdistan, 1995-2010
5- Secretary of the 1st Scientific Congress on Kurdish Language, Tehran 2001
6- Director of Kurdistan Cultural Institute, 2000-present
References[edit]
- ↑ Radio Free Europe-Radio Liberty, Valadbaigi's interview.
- ↑ MehrNews Agency Valadbaigi's interview
- ↑ Human Rights Watch, Reports on Freedom of Expression and Association in the Kurdish Regions in IRAN.
- ↑ Iranian Diplomacy, Valadbaigi's article.
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